Don't fall before you're pushed.
English Proverb
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Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind.
Chinese Proverb
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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Chinese Proverb
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The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Chinese Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Chinese Proverb
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When you drink the water, remember the spring.
Chinese Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb
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The big thieves hang the little ones.
Czech Proverb
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When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.
Czech Proverb
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Ask advice only of your equals.
Danish Proverb
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He who would leap high must take a long run.
Danish Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Dutch Proverb
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A full cup must be carried steadily.
English Proverb
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Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
Chinese Proverb
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If you bow at all, bow low.
Chinese Proverb
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If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
African Proverb
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When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
Albanian Proverb
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Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
Arab Proverb
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Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
Arab Proverb
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Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
Arab Proverb
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Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you.
Belgian Proverb
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Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Bulgarian Proverb
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
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Do not employ handsome servants.
Chinese Proverb
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Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Chinese Proverb
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Chinese Proverb
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
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Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Ancient Proverb
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Margaret Thatcher Power Quotes
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